Meet Our DUI Lawyers

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Lawrence Taylor, attorney-at-law. A graduate of the University of California (Berkeley) and the
UCLA School of Law,
the nationally-renowned "Dean of DUI Attorneys" has specialized in DUI defense for over 34 years.

He is a former Marine, Los Angeles Deputy D.A. and Fulbright Professor of Law, and is the author of
"Drunk Driving Defense" --
now in its 7th edition after 31 years as the national best-selling textbook on the subject. Mr. Taylor is one of 11 founders
of the 2300-member
National College for DUI Defense
and served on the Board of Regents and as its Dean. He has lectured at over 200 seminars for DUI defense attorneys in 38
states, and is one of only 5 lawyers in California to be Board-certified in DUI defense by the NCDD/American Bar Association.
The National College has recognized Mr. Taylor for his accomplishments by awarding him the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at
Harvard Law School, and in 2016 he was selected by Southern California peer attorney nominations as a “Super Lawyer” — as he
has been for 13 of the past 15 years.

Christopher Taylor, attorney-at-law. A partner and the Managing Attorney of the firm, Mr. Taylor's son is a graduate of
the University of Santa Clara and the
University of San Diego Law School. He served in the San Diego City Prosecutor's office and was subsequently awarded a position
as extern to a Justice of the
California Court of Appeals.

He was an Orange County Deputy Public Defender
for 10 years, during which he was
assigned to be Supervising Attorney for misdemeanor cases (including DUI), and has handled well
over 5000 criminal cases from DUI to murder. In October of 2015, Mr. Taylor was named by Coast magazine to its annual
"Orange County Top Attorneys" list.
And in 2016, the firm’s Managing Partner was selected through peer review as a “Rising Star” among Southern California
attorneys for “attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement” in the DUI defense field.

Jeanne M. Normandeau, attorney-at-law. A University of San Diego and Gonzaga University Law School graduate, Ms.
Normandeau has 23 years of prosecution and criminal defense experience and has handled well over 4000 DUI cases.

Lane Scherer, attorney-at-law. With 29 years of experience and having represented over 3500 DUI clients,
Ms. Scherer is the senior attorney
at The Law Offices of Taylor & Taylor. A graduate of St. Mary's/Notre Dame University, she immediately turned to criminal law as an Orange County Public Defender.

In the course of her distinguished career defending the most serious felony cases, she was voted by
her fellow lawyers as
"Public Defender of the Year". Lured away shortly thereafter by Mr. Taylor, Ms. Scherer has now been with The Law Offices of Lawrence
Taylor for the past 16 years.

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DUI Checkpoints

For helpful resources about DUI sobriety checkpoints in Southern California - including advanced information about dates, times and locations where they are planned - visit our "Sobriety Checkpoints: Laws and Locations" section on this website.